Surgical pad.



No. 769,451. PATENTED SEPT. 6, 1904 W. E. AMBROSE.

SURGICAL PAD.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4. 190a. RENEWED AUG. 5, 1904.

NO MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented September 6, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM E. AMBROSE, OF \VASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO H. OTTO SOMMER, OF \VASHING-TON,

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

SURGICAL PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,451, dated September 6, 1904.

Application filed March 4:, 1903. Renewed August 5, 1904. Serial No. 219,634. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM E. AMBROSE, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Surgical Pads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to surgical pads, and has for its object the production of a simple and practical device for use in surgical work.

This device is more particularly designed for use in operations upon the male organ of copulation; and to this end it consists, essentially, in a substantially bowl-shaped receptacle formed of rubber or other suitable flexible and elastic material, (rubber preferred,) the rim of which is quite thick, and the wall tapers gradually to a thin and flexible and elastic bottom, in the center of which is an aperture having a downwardly-projecting flange or sleeve, with means for contracting the same. Let into the wall of this bowl-shaped receptacle and forming a part thereof is a drain channel or conduit for conducting the liquids, &c.. away from the bowl.

Another object of my invention is to pro- "ide a surgical pad such as is applicable for use upon an operating table or chair in surgical and obstetrical work with a flexible and elastic bottom portion having an aperture therein which is provided with a surrounding downwardly-projecting flange or sleeve with means for contracting or entirely closing the same, as may be desired.

\Vith these objects in view and such others as may hereinafter appear my invention consists in the particular construction and novel arrangement of the parts, all of which will be fully described, and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specitication, Figure l is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a sectional view. Fig. 3 is a modification.

Referring by letters to the drawings, A represents the rim of the bowl, and B the tapering wall thereof, the thickness of which is sufficient to support itself so as to form an up- I wardly-fiaring edge. Integral with the tapering wall and forming a part thereof is a flexible and elastic bottom portion C, in the center of which is an aperture D, surrounded by ad0\vn wardly-projecting flange or sleeve E, which forms a part of the said bottom portion. This sleeve is provided with a series of loops, gunnyholes, or a duck F, through which is passed a small strip of rubber or a rubber tube G, such as is ordinarily used in the ligation of a penis before operating thereupon. Thus it will be seen that in the operation of ligating a penis after it has been placed in the sleeve E the said sleeve will be contracted around the penis and will prevent any liquid, &c., from leaking through. Let into the wall of the bowl and formed integral therewith and with the bottom portion is a drain channel or conduit consisting of a substantially wedge-shaped strip H, having raised edges I, by means of which the liquids, &c., are conducted away i from the bowl to any suitable receptacle.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a modified form of my invention which consists in constructing a surgical or obstetrical pad such as is shown in the patent granted to John H. Morrison, No. 542,202, patented July 2, 1895, or the patent granted to Tillie Campbell, No. 652,889,

patented July 3, 1900, or the surgical pad well known to all physicians as the Kelly pad, with a flexible bottom portion having an aperture in the center thereof, said aperture being surrounded by a sleeve which is integral with the said bottom portion and is provided with means whereby it may be contracted or, if desired, entirely closed.

I claim 1. In a device of the character described, a bowl-shaped receptacle, the bottom of the bowl being flexible and elastic, an aperture in the center of the same, a flexible sleeve surrounding the aperture, means for contracting the sleeve, and a drain-conduit formed integral with the bowl, substantially as specifled.

2. In a device of the character described, a bowl-shaped receptacle, the wall of the bowl being thickest at the rim and tapering to the being thin, flexible and elastic, a conduit formed integral With the said Wall and bottom portion, a doWnWardlyprojecting flexible sleeve in the center of the latter and integral therewith, loops upon the sleeve, and means passing through the said loops for contracting the same, substantially as specified.

WVILLIA M E. AMBROSE.

W'itnesses:

JAMES B. ARCHER, J r., SAMUEL H. WALKER. 

